Cambridge is sweltering during an unusually hot summer. To Jackson Brodie former police inspector turned private investigator the world consists of one accounting sheet
- Lost on the left Found on the right
- & the two never seem to balance. Jackson has never felt at home in Cambridge & has a failed marriage to prove it. Surrounded by death intrigue & misfortune his own life haunted by a family tragedy he attempts to unravel three disparate case histories & begins to realise that in spite of apparent diversity everything is connected...

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When the young Charles Dexter Ward becomes fascinated by the history of his wizard ancestor Joseph Curwen who gained notoriety for haunting graveyards he attempts to duplicate Curwens cabbalistic & alchemical feats. It is Wards doctor who bears witness to the full horror of Wards results as Lovecrafts psychological mystery unfolds before him. ...

Virginia City in 1862 is a mining camp sitting above a rich vein of silver in Americas Wild West. Its a dangerous place full of gamblers hurdy girls & gunmen
- all of them on the make! When twelve year-old P.K. Pinkerton arrives there homeless penniless & hunted things dont look good. But P.K. soon finds allies in Sam Clemens a newspaper reporter Poker Face Jace a gambler who can tell when someone is bluffing & Ping a Chinese photographers apprentice. With the help of these friends
- & armed with a Smith & Wesson seven-shooter & a knack for disguises
- P.K. takes on the tricksters & desperados & tries to become a detective. Fast furious & funny
- an utterly entertaining mystery adventure from an author who knows exactly how to grip & thrill her readers.



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There are two stories/TV episodes in each book so they are flipper books with a front cover for each story. THE CASE OF THE FUDGIE FRY PIRATES: Theres more to Shelter Island than a puffin refuge! THE CASE OF THE PLANT THAT COULD EAT YOUR HOUSE: A dangerous plant is on the loose! ...

Yseut Haskell a pretty but spiteful young actress with a talent for destroying mens lives is found dead in a college room just metres from unconventional Oxford don Gervase Fens office. The victim is found wearing an unusual ring a reproduction of a piece in the British Museum featuring a gold gilded fly but does this shed any light on her murder? As they delve deeper into Yseuts unhappy life the police soon realise that anyone who knew her would have shot her but can Fen discover who could have shot her? The Case of the Gilded Fly" is the first Gervase Fen mystery & is the perfect introduction to this most idiosyncratic eccentric & entertaining detective." ...

Meet Vish Puri Indias most private investigator. Portly persistent & unmistakably Punjabi he cuts a determined swathe through modern Indias swindlers cheats & murderers. In hot & dusty Delhi where call centres & malls are changing the ancient fabric of Indian life Puris main work comes from screening prospective marriage partners a job once the preserve of aunties & family priests. But when an honest public litigator is accused of murdering his maidservant it takes all of Puris resources to investigate. How will he trace the fate of the girl known only as Mary in a population of more than one billion? Who is taking pot shots at him & his prize chilli plants? & why is his widowed Mummy-ji attempting to play sleuth when everyone knows Mummies are not detectives? With his team of undercover operatives
- Tubelight Flush & Facecream
- Puri ingeniously combines modern techniques with principles of detection established in India more than two thousand years ago
- long before that Johnny-come-lately Sherlock Holmes donned his Deerstalker. The search for Mary takes him to the desert oasis of Jaipur & the remote mines of Jharkh&. From his well-heeled Gymkhana Club to the slums where the servant classes live Puris adventures reveal modern India in all its seething complexity.


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In late 1923 the newly married Daisy Dalrymple & her husband Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard come to America for a honeymoon visit. In the midst of a pleasure trip however both work in a bit of business
- Alec travels to Washington D. C. to consult with the U.S. government Daisy to New York to meet with her American magazine editor. While in New York Daisy stays at the famed Chelsea Hotel which is not only close to the Flatiron Building offices of Abroad magazine where she'll be meeting with her editor but home to many of New York's artists & writers. After her late morning meeting Daisy agrees to accompany her editor Mr. Thorwald to lunch but as they are leaving the offices they hear a gun shot & see a man plummeting down an elevator shaft. The man killed was one of her fellow residents at the Chelsea Hotel Otis Carmody who was a journalist with no end of enemies
- personal & professional
- who would delight in his death. Again in the midst of a murder investigation Daisy's search for the killer takes her to all levels of society & even a mad dash across the country itself as she attempts to solve a puzzle that would baffle even Philo Vance himself. Critical Praise for The Daisy Dalrymple novels" by Carola Dunn: ' Replete with well-drawn characters snappy dialogue & interesting plot twists... Easily the best entry in a charming series'
- " Booklist" on " Mistletoe & Murder." ' The period sense remains vivid the characterizations are excellent & the mysteries are if anything more perplexing than ever'
- " The Oregonian" on " Rattle His Bones." ' Daisy & her husband spring into action surrounded by historical armaments secret rooms hidden treasure & family secrets. For fans of British cozies & Dorothy Sayer's novels this is a very inviting situation'
- " Library Journal" on " Mistletoe & Murder." ' Styx & Stones is a swift deeply enjoyable read. While Dunn's influences are many she ultimately makes this territory her own'
- " The Register-Guard." ' Reading like an Agatha Christie thriller " Rattle His Bones" is a charming look at life after the first World War'
- " Romantic Times." ' Dunn captures the melting pot of Prohibition-era New York with humorous characterizations & a vivid sense of place & with careful plotting lays out an enjoyable tale of adventure'
- " Publisher's Weekly" on " The Case of the Murdered Muckraker.""








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There are two stories/TV episodes in each book so they are flipper books with a front cover for each story. THE CASE OF THE PLOT TO PULL THE PLUG An evil mastermind plans a nationwide prison escape. THE CASE OF THE THIEF WHO DRINKS FROM THE TOILET Local pets have become part of a criminal gang! ...

This volume revisits & updates Lon Fullers classic article first published in 1949. The story describes the fate of explorers who become trapped in a cave & are forced to cannibalize one of their team. The subsequent trial of the defendants upon rescue is used to introduce students to the key theories of law such as utilitarianism & naturalism as five Supreme Court judges offer differing opinions on what should be done with the defendants. ...

From best-selling author Holly Webb comes a brand new series full of mystery & intrigue following the adventures of a very determined heroine & her dog! Holly Webb fans will be thrilled to pieces to discover the adventures of Maisie Hitchins the pluckiest little detective in Victorian London. Maisie Hitchins lives in her grandmother's boarding house longing for adventure. She idolizes the famous detective Gilbert Carrington & follows his every case. But Maisie is about to be given the opportunity of a lifetime: her own mystery to solve! In the first book in this fantastic new series Maisie rescues a puppy in peril whilst running an errand & adopts him. She decides to investigate the puppy's original cruel owner but instead gets tangled up in an intriguing plot involving stolen sausages pilfered halfpennies & a fast-paced bicycle chase. The streets of Victorian London are never safe but Maisie's on the case! ...